Half a degree warmer means a lot
5 July, 2017 – Half a degree doesn’t sound much. But if it gets any warmer, we will notice the difference soon enough.
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Climate change will worsen US poverty
4 July, 2017 – Yet another study has exposed the cruel cost of climate change as it increases US poverty. It could be worse than the Great Recession.
Greenland’s shrinking cloud cover speeds melt
2 July, 2017 – More sunshine penetrating Greenland’s shrinking cloud cover explains why its icy mountains are turning increasingly slushy in the summer, scientists now think.
Climate refugees will search hard for homes
30 June, 2017 – Where can the climate refugees go, if 2 billion are driven away by rising tides, and the interior available becomes ever more inhospitable?
Organic farming may not cut climate risk
25 June, 2017 – Organic farming does not always benefit the environment in the ways people expect, and may not avert climate change effects, scientists say.
Natural gas can’t help to curb climate change
22 June, 2017 – Too much reliance on natural gas to generate electricity means the Paris climate target will be missed and money wasted on underused pipelines.
Energy major warns of falling fossil fuel demand
21 June, 2017 – One of the world’s biggest energy companies sees problems ahead with falling fossil fuel demand and huge growth in renewables.
Lethal heatwaves will menace most of us by 2100
20 June, 2017 – Without drastic action to cut greenhouse gas emissions, potentially lethal heatwaves will threaten most people by the century’s end.
Solar power can save US lives and money
19 June, 2017 – Sunshine can save lives and American dollars too. US scientists have just worked out how many lives, and at what price, solar power can deliver.
Gore spurns Trump on climate change
16 June, 2017 – The US President’s climate policy has backfired says a leading critic, as Al Gore spurns Trump for ditching the Paris Agreement.
States and industries face more climate court action
15 June, 2017 – Campaigners are increasingly using climate court action to press governments and corporations to fulfil their obligations to combat climate change.
